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It has happened too often, now, to come as a surprise. England, English
football, should know full well that the Germans are not what they used to
be.

Joachim Löw and his national team proved that with the blitzkrieg in
Bloemfontein in 2010, tearing the last remnants of England’s golden
generation to shreds.

Borussia Dortmund, those luminous dervishes whipped into a pitch of manic
intensity by Jürgen Klopp, hammered the message home, twice, against
Manchester City, the best the Barclays Premier League has to offer, this
season.

And now Bayern Munich, imperiously swatting aside Arsenal, all but ensuring
that their